Garden Tour, July 21, Bloomfield & Montclair, NJ

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From: Pat Kenschaft kens...@pegasus.montclair.edu 

Garden Tour, July 21
Pat Kenschaft

        The morning of Saturday, July 21, several organic vegetable gardens will be open to the public, one in Bloomfield and five in Montclair.  Most will be open from 9:00 to noon, but Pat Kenschaft's back yard will close at 11:00 PM.
       Displays and conversation will be in her front yard at 56 Gordonhurst Avenue throughout the three hours, along with a tent of monarch butterflies.  Children of all ages are welcome to enjoy them. Bring a camera!
        Florence Rollino, at 45 Wells Court, Bloomfield, is raising artichokes this year, and have already formed.  Florence has a beautifully landscaped property, tucking vegetables in among other fascinating displays.  She raises many tomatoes for home-drying as well as for sauce. Take Bellevue Avenue east from Montclair almost to the end at ShopRite. Take the last left, and then the first left onto Wells Court.  45 is the house at the end with solar panels.
         Nick DiMinni at 11 Bruce Rd, Montclair, has a European inspired vegetable and herb garden including fig trees, a pergola covered with grape vines, and a Zen garden.
       Grace Grund, at 3 Dodd Street, Montclair, has a dozen egg-laying chickens, four children, two dogs, and many vegetables growing in raised beds.  She runs Terra at the Isabel Rose Cafe in the Public Library.  The "girls" (hens) eat all the organic scraps from home as well as from Terra's kitchen.  Anything the chickens don't eat is composted.
       Jose German and David Wasmuth at 69 Grove Street, Montclair, have a certified wildlife habitat property that includes more than 175 different Northeast native plants.    Their garden was featured in the March 2012 issue of the national magazine "Bird Watching."  It is very productive year around, producing some fruits and many vegetables.  They have a hydroponic system and a beehive.
       Alan Smith at 148 Forest Street, Montclair, offers a take-your-own-tour front yard garden into which he puts remarkably little effort, using many self-seeding plants from year to year.  He's having his best garden season in years.
        Pat Kenschaft's at 56 Gordonhurst Avenue, Montclair, has provided almost all the family's vegetables year round for decades without using any poisons, commercial fertilizers, or power machinery.  She does all the work herself, but has limited endurance, so can host visitors for only two hours.  The garden is vulnerable to missteps, so nobody will be allowed in the back yard after 11:00 AM.  Arrive by 10:30 to get a complete tour.

[doradxplorer]

Thank You for this info! I will be showing/telling with my 7 year old son Leo at as many of these as we can get to :)

[Tobias Fox]

You're very welcome,, Dora.

 

Tobias A. Fox

Community Organizer

646-399-0337